“Before filing my nomination papers, prayed at the temple of Bhagwan Kaal Bhairav, also revered as the Kotwal of Kashi,” PM Modi tweeted.

On Thursday, PM Modi held a mega roadshow in Varanasi and passed by ancient temples and ghats. The roadshow which began from the iconic Banaras Hindu University (BHU ended in the holiest ghat of them all, the Dashashwamedh.

Modi also attended the evening aarti at this ghat on the banks of the river Ganga.

Varanasi will go to polls in the last phase of the Lok Sabha election on May 19 and the counting of votes will take place on May 23.

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